This place is known all over Europe and Asia and Japan and everywhere, ... I had some people in here last night from Poland and France. Everybody has their cameras. They want to take pictures of the Velvet Lounge, 'cause they know it's coming down, see. |
very optimistic for the strong momentum we have. |
We are also resetting our revenue target for fiscal year 2001 to the $7.5 to $8 billion range and our target for EPS to the $1.10 to $1.25 range, |
We are also resetting our revenue target for fiscal year 2001 to the $7.5 to $8 billion range and our target for EPS to the $1.10 to $1.25 range. |
We are currently re-evaluating our plans going forward, and will provide lower growth targets for next quarter and the next fiscal year when we announce our final results on Oct. 18, |
We continue to look toward the December quarter as our first opportunity for year-over-year (revenue) growth which we expect to turn into unit growth, |
We expect to catch up on the backlog of the G4 ... But we will have supply constraints for the iBook. |
We expect to have acceptable margins on the iMac, ... We're not down in that sub-$1,000 space where people are having difficulty making money. |
We feel very good about delivering solid profitability while reaching our goal of 4 weeks of channel inventory ahead of schedule. |
We now expect that the slowdown in retail that everyone's experienced since the attack of Sept. 11 will result in our reporting a small loss for our retail stores for the December quarter rather than the break-even results we had previously expected, |
We remain focused on our primary goal of returning Apple to sustainable profitability, |
We still have a couple thousand people split between hardware and software. When you look back at the people that originally created the operating system, it was a small team. We've done creative things at Apple typically in small teams. |
We're confident about Apple's future and believe this repurchase program is a good long-term investment for shareholders, |
We're confident about Apple's future and believe this repurchase program is a good long-term investment for shareholders. |
We're delivering solid profitability while maintaining lean channel inventories in a weak economic environment, ... Our balance sheet remains very strong, with over $4.2 billion in cash, and we are targeting a slight sequential increase in revenues and earnings per share in the September quarter. |